leather grip weight vs synthetic

I am currently using Gamma HiTec synthetic grips on my Dunlop mFil 300 rackets. They are out of spec, so I had removed the bumper guard from one to try to lessen the amount of lead needed on the other, but the swing of each racket feels different due to change in weight distribution.
I plan to have the bumper guard replaced next time I string it. Obviously, I will need to add more lead to the other to get them matched.
Once this is done, I will need to add weight in the handle to bring the balance back to its current state.
I am considering going to leather grips instead of adding lead in the handle.
Does anyone know the difference in weight between a leather grip & the HiTec I currently use? I wrote Gamma but got a reply that there is not much difference. I am guessing that the leather grip is at least 1/10 or 2/10 ounce heavier.
Any help is appreciated

I am currently using Gamma HiTec synthetic grips on my Dunlop mFil 300 rackets. They are out of spec, so I had removed the bumper guard from one to try to lessen the amount of lead needed on the other, but the swing of each racket feels different due to change in weight distribution.
I plan to have the bumper guard replaced next time I string it. Obviously, I will need to add more lead to the other to get them matched.
Once this is done, I will need to add weight in the handle to bring the balance back to its current state.
I am considering going to leather grips instead of adding lead in the handle.
Does anyone know the difference in weight between a leather grip & the HiTec I currently use? I wrote Gamma but got a reply that there is not much difference. I am guessing that the leather grip is at least 1/10 or 2/10 ounce heavier.
Any help is appreciated

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Yes,

Leather grips do weigh more.. and will add static weight to a frame making it more head light. NoBadMojo does this with his Volkl set-up to make the frame more head light.. he also shaves the head/bumper guard to make it even more head light and reduce sw. Yes.. and that will mean you have to add less lead tape. Hope this helps!

Thanks, Steve. I want to wait until I have the bumper guard reinstalled. I only removed it from one because I didn't want to use too much lead on the other while trying to match them. However, the swing feels much different even though the weight is the same on both.
I planned on adding lead in the handle, but think that leather grip may do just as well. Not sure how much reinstalling the bumper guard will move the balance to the head, but certain that the leather will more than balance it out.
I learned my lesson with this- even if rackets are from the same lot, still weigh & balance them before making the purchase.

I have asked the same question many times. I have heard that leather ways 11g more than a typical synthetic, i have heard it weighs 14 g more, and i have heard that it weighs 16 g more. Though i don't know the specifics on which synthetics and which leather grips these people were using, i imagine that the variation occurs in those factors. Switching to a leather grip, depending on your racquet, can change your balance by as much as 4 pts HL. i have been told. I am about to switch to leather on my LM radical and hope that it does something for feel and balance.

I just saw another thread in which the poster mentioned buying a Wilson racket. His first modification was adding a leather grip, which added .3 oz to the racket weight, which works out to approx 8 1/2 grams difference.
As for my sticks, I stuck with the HiTec synthetic, removed head tape from the heavier one(had used it to replace bumper guard). Both rackets are now 11.0 even.
I had previously used a 11.5 oz racket, but find I am playing better with this weight. It is still sturdy enough. However, anything below this and I can feel the lightness

I go by feel, seldom feeling the need to measure anything, and I can confirm that the Volkl leather grips feel noticeably heavier and feel thicker as well. The others pretty much feel the same to me. That's great you took the time to measure that stuff Larry..good work man!

Gamma Hi-Tech Perforated Grip: 19g/.67 oz
Leather Grip weights:Fairway-25g/Wilson-22g/Head-23g/Volkl-30.4g
note: contrary to popular belief, the Volkl IS heavier than Fairway although my Volkl measurement is with a bit more length

If you google for fairway leather grip, it will come up a few websites. Among those, there's one dodgy ( I say dodgy because of the website, it actually provides excellent services) site from London, England still carries genuine fairways. Good quality!

i didnt read the first post it seemed to long, but if you are comparing the weight of each, then ofcourse the leather is heavier, a bout 5 more grams, this will create a balance more to the "south" of the racquet

In my informal experience, I've found that a leather grip adds about half an ounce of weight to a frame's static weight, even more to the swing weight. It's a great way to get a firmer base grip, a more manuverable frame and a weightier frame in one swoop.

Due to blisters, I've recently replaced the leather grips of my new Wilson ncode 6.1 Tour 90 racquets to Dunlop hydramax (grip of my old Dunlop 300G) synthetic grips. The weight difference is minimal @ .2 oz, ie. from 12.5oz with the leather grip to 12.03oz with the sythetic grip. Consequently, the racquet balance is now around 9 pts HL from 12 pts with the leather grips.

I found the switch to improve my swings and more importantly, gave my hand comfort and improve my blisters.

Yes. If I read the posts correctly, the Babolat UNTRIMMED weighs less then the Gamma TRIMMED. Be aware that the Babolat is very long. If you don't overwrap it to create ridges, you'll trim off quite a bit. As I mentioned earlier, the Babolats edges are beveled so that when only slightly ovelapped produce a flat grip surface.

I'd also like to know which leather grip is thinnest, so is it the Babalot since it's the lightest? Because I'm trying to decrease the handle size on my Tour 90 (maybe only a 1/2 to 1 grip size decrease or so).

And does anyone know how the replacements grips compare in thickness to the leather ones that are on Wilsons? Would the Wilson replacement be exactly the same?

UPDATE-- I got myself a babolat leather grip, and it's actually thinner looking and feeling than any grip I've used before. Then again, the grip size is smaller too, but it feels a lot smaller than the grip I had on it before (original DNX grip)

I own a couple of nBlades and a Pure Storm. I already had leather grips on my nBlades which I usually prefer. I did the same for the Babolat. Well, it messed up everything on that racket. It just didn't have the same "spicy" feel to the stringbed. I went back to the comfo grip on the Babolat. That worked out well.

Because of recent callouses on my thumb and forefinger, I decided to do add a comfo grip to the nBlade. Well it messed that baby up too. It didn't have the same pop as with the leather. So..... I went back to the leather on the nBlade. Volleys and serve do so much better with leather on that racket. Now I have to find a overgrip that is soft. Was using Wilson Pro Overgrip.

I own a couple of nBlades and a Pure Storm. I already had leather grips on my nBlades which I usually prefer. I did the same for the Babolat. Well, it messed up everything on that racket. It just didn't have the same "spicy" feel to the stringbed. I went back to the comfo grip on the Babolat. That worked out well.

Because of recent callouses on my thumb and forefinger, I decided to do add a comfo grip to the nBlade. Well it messed that baby up too. It didn't have the same pop as with the leather. So..... I went back to the leather on the nBlade. Volleys and serve do so much better with leather on that racket. Now I have to find a overgrip that is soft. Was using Wilson Pro Overgrip.

I have 3 Babolat leather grips. The package says it weighs 25 grams untrimmed. Trimmed, I found all of them weigh around 19-20 grams each. I also found out that the Head Hydrocontrol grip and the Gamma Hi-Tech grip weigh about 15grams trimmed.

I think the weight is different here. I guess its the part of the world, our gravity pull is probably higher here nearer to equator.

I just reverted my racket grip back to the gamma's cos I find that using the Yonex Super Leather grip, the gripsize somehow is smaller and I can't get use to it.

Anyway, since I just took out the Yonex Super Leather grip, I can weight it trimmed now (for RDX's grip length) and its only 16gm! Which is exactly the case since my racquet weight 10-11gm lighter than with Gamma Leather Grip. But I think the gripsize is smaller due to the thickness of Yonex's grip.

i weighed my babolat straight from the packet and it came to 24g or so
replaced the original grip from my n6.1 team and found that it only changed the balance from even to about 4pts HL or so, even with a tournagrip ontop

thinking of using wilson pro instead of tourna, in hopes that it may add some more weight.. if not ill be adding an 11g coin to the bottom of my buttcap

I've been playing with Vantage Leather grips lately. With poly, the leather is terrible. I feel all the vibrations and my rackets just feels like a board. I then switched to a racket strung with kevlar and instantly felt the difference. Gone was the vibration and the feel was much more solid. So far I'm not so sold on leather grips.

The Vantage leathers seem to be pretty thin though. So I'm curious what a thicker leather will feel like.

how long do you leather users keep your grip on there on average? I'm asking the ones who use the leather w/o the overgrip on it.

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A leather grip is probably good for at least a year. I used to go through synthetic grips, like the DuraTred, after about six to eight hours of play. I hit my forehand with my thumb crease right on a bevel and the synthetic grips would start coming apart right at that point. I have about eight or nine months on my current leather grip and the leather in that location is just darkened but otherwise fine. The grip overall is a bit more slippery than it used to be when new, so I'll probably replace it soon.

I've tried some leather care products like Lexol but it seems to swell up the leather a bit and I didn't like that. This swelling seems to go down after a couple of days so only if I'm not playing for a while will I put some on. It definitely seems to help by increasing the tackiness a bit and making the leather a bit softer and more pliable.